Newtown Panel Recommends Tearing Down Sandy Hook Elementary, Rebuilding on Same Site.

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24. Here in PA, the Nickel Mines Amish tore down and rebuilt their school

which was the site of a school shooting where 10 were shot and 5 died back in 2006 -

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/471039_Nickel-Mines--5-Years-Later--A-daily-walk-for-Amish-on-path-of-grief-and-forgiveness.html?page=all

There are a couple survivors who are still recovering (one who is essentially paralyzed). Because the Amish tend towards privacy, this story faded from the memory but it illustrates some of the dynamics behind healing the emotional scars by washing clean (in the figurative sense) and starting over. By maintaining something with a sordid past, there would always be distractions from the primary focus of a school - learning.

In the Nickel Mines case, it was essentially not much more than a 1 room building, which the community rebuilt themselves... and in Sandy Hook, the cost of doing similar would be a major concern given the size and population differential... However for piece of mind and moving on, I would agree with them doing this...